“The ability of nonintelligent people to understand the most complicated mechanisms and to use them has always been to me a cause of astonishment: their inability to understand simple questions is even more astonishing. The general acceptance of simple ideas is difficult and rare, and yet it is only when simple, fundamental, ideas have been accepted that further progress becomes possible on a higher level.” PeopleHas BeensIdeasUseCausesDifficultSimpleAbilityLevelsProgressAcceptanceHigherFundamentalsComplicatedAcceptedMechanismInabilityAstonishingHigher LevelAstonishmentSimple Ideas Book:A History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece Source: A History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece
“We are not here to give challenges to anyone, but we will also not take challenges casually. Our defence mechanisms would be the best in the world. A secure India is the first requirement for the country to progress and achieve new heights.” WorldGivingFirstsCountryWould BeChallengesProgressAchieveIndiaSecureHeightBeing The BestMechanismRequirementsGovernanceDefenceDefence Mechanism Author:Narendra Modi
“The important thing is that over time, scientific progress transforms things that used to have to be dealt with in a problem-solving mode down to the pattern-recognition space; and from pattern recognition into the rules-based mode. This is the mechanism by which less-trained people are enabled to do more sophisticated things. This is always the way disruption happens. It enables a larger population of less-experienced people to do more sophisticated things.” PeopleWayImportantProblemHappensUsedSpaceProgressImportant ThingsPatternsPopulationRecognitionMechanismSophisticatedProblem SolvingDisruptionScientific Progress Author:Clayton Christensen
“At the individual level, if we can identify the psychological mechanisms linking adverse environments to psychosis (and there has been a lot of progress with this despite minimal funding) we should be able to devise more effective interventions for those who are already ill.” IfsShouldHas BeensAbleIndividualLevelsEnvironmentProgressIllPsychologicalDespiteMechanismInterventionFundingAdversePsychosis Author:Richard Bentall
“So I do think sometimes the political mechanism is completely disconnected from the people. However, what I will say is that history tells us that whenever things start to move too fast, whenever progress makes people feel a little breathless, one of the go-to spots that government, that the ruling powers that society goes to is to try to repress women.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingLittlesSometimesGovernmentMovingPoliticalProgressSpotsMechanismRulingDisconnectedBreathless Author:Anna Quindlen